Maine Interior

Details

Fairfield Porter (1907-1975)
Maine Interior
signed 'Fairfield Porter' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
Executed circa 1955-60.

Provenance

[With]Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

J. Ludman, "Checklist of the Paintings by Fairfield Porter," Fairfield Porter: An American Classic, New York, 1992, p. 309.
J. Ludman, Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors and Pastels, New York, 2001, p. 329, no. L1047.

Sale room notice

Please note that the sight dimensions for the present work are 12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

According to Joan Ludman, the present work depicts the great room in the artist's home on Great Spruce Head Island in Penobscot Bay, Maine. The home was designed and built in 1912 by the artist's father, James Porter, who was an architect.

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